Simple visual tools applied to manufacturing equipment can speak volumes. In our high-tech world, we tend to look for high-tech…
What Are Your Top Three Challenges? We all face challenging situations every day. In many cases, that’s a maintenance organization’s…
Working with Millennials “I’m worried that we’re not effectively engaging the younger generation in our reliability improvement initiatives. For the…
Engaging the Entire Organization Equipment, or any physical asset in our plants and facilities, is generally expected to be…
Keep It Simple “World-class simplicity,” a term that we coined in 1996 to describe what a top NASCAR race team…
What It Is and What It Is Not Since I first began studying Total Productive Maintenance in 1986, I have…
Getting Fast, Focused, Sustainable Result In an equipment-intensive operation, reliable equipment is the key to competitiveness. Throughput is highest, and…
This presentation focuses on the confusion about and barriers to Total Productive Maintenance principles, in contrast to existing legacy systems…
You’ve certainly heard of it. Many of today’s Lean Manufacturing teachers, consultants, workshops, publications, and initiatives describe a Lean Toolbox.…
Maintenance improvement practices take on many different appearances. When looking for an elephant, many people think they need to…